The 20-year-old New Bedford, Massachusetts, man arrested on Sunday for last month's fatal shooting in Myles Standish State Forest was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Monday.
John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo was arrested at a New Bedford apartment Sunday afternoon by the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said.
He pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in court Monday.
Monteiro-Macedo was arrested under a pile of clothing in the Morgan Street apartment where he'd been spotted, Massachusetts State Police said Monday. Officers broke into the apartment with its owner's consent after hearing movement inside but not getting any response.
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Officers thought the pile of clothes looked out of place, officials said.
The shooting occurred on July 12, when police in Plymouth were called to reports of a shooting in the state forest. Robert Aponte-Flores, of New Bedford, was found at the scene suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to authorities.
Witnesses reportedly told investigators that there was an altercation in the picnic area of the park between the two men before the shooting.
Macedo is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 5. The investigation remains ongoing, prosecutors said.
